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“Last week, the White House sent a package of cuts to already appropriated aid, called rescissions, to Congress for approval,” according to the action alert, distributed via email on June 12. “This new rescissions package has passed the House and is expected to eliminate even more vital international assistance programs that families and children depend on.”

“Funding for these programs was already approved by both Democrats and Republicans in March,” the bishops’ conference continued. “Millions of vulnerable people worldwide, including women and children, have been impacted by the disruption of international humanitarian and development assistance by the administration.”

In a recent address to the Conference of Major Superiors of Africa and Madagascar, a Zambian religious sister urged the superiors to address the sexual abuse of nuns by priests or other sisters.

In a recent Latin-language letter, Pope Leo appointed Cardinal Matteo Zuppi of Bologna, the president of the Italian Episcopal Conference, as his special envoy to the June 14 commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the establishment of the Archdiocese of Rijeka, Croatia.

“China is willing to work together with the Vatican to promote the continuous improvement of China-Vatican relations,” the spokesman said during a June 12 press briefing. “This appointment has enhanced understanding and mutual trust through constructive dialogue.”

Cardinal Matteo Zuppi of Bologna, the president of the Italian Episcopal Conference, and Italian Minister of the Interior Matteo Piantedosi have signed a memorandum of understanding. The Italian bishops’ newspaper reported that the two-year agreement has the “aim of enhancing legal migration, allocating reception and inclusion initiatives to migrants who are entitled to it.”

Pope Leo XIV and Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez spoke by telephone on June 11.

During Pope Leo XIV’s audience with the clergy of the Diocese of Rome, Cardinal Baldassare Reina offered an overview of the priests who serve there.

Father David Neuhaus, SJ, superior of the Jesuits in the Holy Land, lamented the suffering there in a front-page article in the June 12 edition of the Vatican newspaper.